To get this out of the way at the start: Yes, Blake Treinen is starting today's Grapefruit League matchup against the St. Louis Cardinals in Jupiter, Florida's Roger Dean Stadium.
But, "No," Washington Nationals' skipper Dusty Baker said, that does not mean that Treinen is necessarily under consideration for a starting role.
"It don't matter when you pitch," Baker said before Saturday's game.
"Sometimes you go with a guy starting a game just to make sure he'll face the best part of the lineup and try to get him some work.